The Bride of the Hearth

(or "The Hearth's Bride" / "The Kamado Bride")

The Bride of the Hearth (or "The Hearth's Bride" / "The Kamado Bride")

紫 はなな

Shikako married into a family of onmyoji as a concubine. However, Shikako could neither see yokai nor hear the sounds of houses settling—she had no spiritual power at all. Deemed unsuitable as a concubine, she was cast out from the master's bedchamber on her wedding night, and from then on, she was assigned to tend the stove. Since it was a task her husband had given her, Shikako never left the stove. Because she stayed by it so constantly, everyone came to call her "the stove's bride." In time, she learns of the onmyoji household's customs and the mission assigned to her. As she faces these challenges, Shikako earnestly continues to make sweets. Around the stove, yokai who love sweet things loiter about, loitering still. Both humans and gods are sweetly won over by sugar. This is that kind of story. [It has been published as a book by Enterbrain.]

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Statistics

Chapters 120
Reading Time
48 min
Words 249,042
Sentences 25,247
Characters 465,281
Unique Words 16,396
1-Occurrence Words
6,212
Unique Kanji 2,617
1-Occurrence Kanji
292
Avg Word Difficulty 2.43
Avg Sentence Length 9.9

Word List (16,396 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
これこれ34.86
文書34.29
蚰蜒36.59
狭し34.33
温度33.78
訊ね34.21
出店34.30
ちゃいます34.08
首肯34.15
野獣34.51
捨て置く34.55
炊ける35.29
未熟者34.80
境地34.59
籠城34.33
にしろ33.62
水飴35.21
膝掛け35.84
戦地34.59
魅惑34.70
水汲み34.94
ご苦労様34.33
誤解33.50
晴れ着35.34
固さ34.88
引き下がる34.06
射翳34.69
臣下33.94
クビ34.57
類33.25
荒34.03
ぶつくさ34.89
ささっと34.71
飴玉34.78
しゃぶる35.01
じゃった33.78
村中34.88
飛び降りる34.03
見比べる34.07
突き合わせ34.65
どうもこうも34.92
法要36.18
黒髪33.39
搾り取る34.80
酌み交わす34.79
利かん気37.05
月読35.26
に当たり34.02
夜じゅう36.51
召し寄せる36.69
償い34.62
乗り越える33.64
屑34.22
引き出す33.93
寝起き34.19
居着く35.11
日の出34.54
いきなり32.95
仕方33.31
若女将35.84
踏ん張る34.28
癒える34.31
愛称34.27
掘る33.59
柿餅37.11
分量34.48
色鮮やか34.66
忠告33.72
辛抱強い34.95
主従34.37
睨めっこ34.82
鼻っぱし36.85
陰り34.70
あいつ32.86
道のり34.16
爪の先ほど35.86
飛ぶ33.33
あはは33.65
皆が皆34.63
上手い33.50
整う33.66
裸足34.63
果実33.73
子どもたち34.07
含み笑い34.71
嘲る34.51
老いる34.47
乗り気34.20
てえ34.38
更なる33.63
丑三つ36.75
突っこむ34.63
柳眉35.09
身内33.67
初日33.84
時の流れ34.75
攴34.18
おめでとう33.91
温情34.58
付喪神34.89

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